Tag: commuting

All NY Commuter Lines Overtaxed

February 25, 2014

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John Bobsin

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Customer Experience

Having a hard job finding a seat on your train to Manhattan? You’re not alone; all of the railroads serving the metropolitan area are having trouble coping with increasing ridership, according to an article on radio station WNYC’s Transportation Nation website by Jim O’Grady, and also reported on the air on February 25. Ridership on…
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Commuter Tax Benefit to Decrease Under Present Law

November 19, 2010

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Donald Winship

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Customer Experience

According to a press release from TransitCenter, Inc. (a nonprofit provider of commuter benefit programs), a provision in the 2009 federal stimulus bill increased the maximum pretax deduction that workers could apply toward monthly transit commuting costs from $120 to $230. This level is the same as that allowed for parking expenses for those who…
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